Some new faces will be joining incumbents in four local board of education races.

Voters had no choice but to elect newcomers to the two seats in the race for Massillon Local Schools Board of Education. In unofficial results Tuesday, Liz Hersher and Ronald Pribich won two seats on the Massillon school board.

Hersher had 2,339 votes and Pribich had 1,850 votes. Bob Clendenin had 1,565 votes and Troy Fry had 1,135 votes.

"It was a bit surprising," Hersher said. "I didn't know I had that much support. I'm overwhelmed a little bit."

Jenny Foss, of Massillon, was one of the voters who cast a ballot for Hersher.

"She was president of the PTO," Foss said Tuesday afternoon outside of Gorrell Elementary. "She's a good people person. I think she will be good for the school board."

In other races, Perry Local Board of Education incumbent Betsy Elum and newcomers David Ramos and Michael Brenner were elected to three seats. Elum had 3,927 votes, Ramos had 3,005, Brenner had 2,913 and Bill Schnierle had 2,723.

In the Jackson Board of Education race, vying for three seats, incumbent Thomas Winkhart had 3,910 votes followed by fellow incumbent Kenneth Douglas with 3,462, and newcomer Katrina Barton had 3,065 votes. Incumbent Kathryn Knowles was close behind with 2,967 votes and Cory Wigington had 1,642.

On the Fairless Board of Education, incumbents Jody Seward and Charles Snyder remain on the board, and newcomer Hope Hill joins the board. This fairly close race, which included votes from Stark and Tuscarawas counties, showed Seward with 1,960 votes, Hill with 1,668, Snyder with 1,656 votes, and the fourth candidate, Charles Kegley, with 1,551 votes.